After Language Camp B

There is no perfect thing in this world. The same applies to this language camp. There will always be some things that will not go according to the plan. From this camp, I can say that some of the students are quite passive when they need to do the discussion in English while I am watching them. They chose to stay quiet and did not want to start the discussion. This problem worries me the most because they themselves need to have the urge to step forward first before they can engage in the learning process. Of course it is very difficult to get the students to contribute to the discussion; but we have to bear in mind that it is our task as the future teacher to attract them to participate in this kind of activities. We as the facilitator should be more flexible while dealing with this type of students.

In addition, there are also other problems that we, the facilitators and committee members need to improve. There was an issue about the foods prepared which is it was very spicy (I can’t even finished it). For the next camp, the person in charge of the food should be more aware of these kinds of things. To add on, there some issues that involved the teachers among the participated schools. I really think that the idea of preparing another separate activity for the teachers to kill their boredom is vital to avoid any ‘unwanted’ incidents that can hinder the flow of our camp.

On the other hand, I am really happy to see all the facilitators and committee members helping each other both during the ups and downs. I would say that our teamwork is the best and I really hope that we can still work together in the future. I would also say that this camp is very meaningful in its own way and I hope there will be more opportunities like will be provided for us, TESL students to sharpen our fangs in teaching English.

As the conclusion, there are still a lot more space for the improvements. Treat this experience as one of the stepping stone towards a better future as well as to be a better teacher.